A school your kids will want to go to day after day.

San Diego’s only progressive, independent school choice for Toddler-Eighth Grade.

Our modern approach to learning

Project based, student focused and personalized learning modernized for today’s challenges. We blend the best of progressive teaching traditions with world class teachers and today’s best practices for early childhood development through early adolescence.

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We embrace bold ideas

Engaged students have a home here. We foster and celebrate the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders by thinking big.

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In a world with increasing reliance on regurgitating the "right answer," The Children's School teaches children how to think, not what to think.

Laura Owen, Current Parent

The biggest asset that I have is my ability to think differently and unexpectedly; it is what makes my voice heard in a sea of students and what makes my job application stand out in a crowd of thousands.

Charmaine Hiller, Class of 2012, English Literature Major at University of St. Andrews

My years at The Children's School instilled a confident mindset in me, allowing me to tackle anything that comes my way.

Nik Sharma, Class of 2008, Director of Performance Marketing at Hint Water

Our children have been given the tools, the skills and the knowledge to become whomever and whatever they’d like to become. What parent could wish for more than that?

Simon and Kira, Alumni Parents

TCS is a thriving community where the curriculum and social environment empowers students to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.

Steve Montal, Current Parent, San Diego State University Faculty Member

Prepare students for the real world.

Confidence, competence, compassion and community—students leave ready to succeed.

Children who go to TCS private school in San Diego from elementary through 8th grade are regularly accepted at leading area high schools.

Learn About Our Approach

A school your kids will want to go to day after day.

San Diego’s only progressive, independent school choice for Toddler-Eighth Grade.

Take a tour.

Our modern approach to learning

We embrace bold ideas

In a world with increasing reliance on regurgitating the "right answer," The Children's School teaches children how to think, not what to think.

The biggest asset that I have is my ability to think differently and unexpectedly; it is what makes my voice heard in a sea of students and what makes my job application stand out in a crowd of thousands.

My years at The Children's School instilled a confident mindset in me, allowing me to tackle anything that comes my way.

Our children have been given the tools, the skills and the knowledge to become whomever and whatever they’d like to become. What parent could wish for more than that?

TCS is a thriving community where the curriculum and social environment empowers students to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.

Prepare students for the real world.

Children who go to TCS private school in San Diego from elementary through 8th grade are regularly accepted at leading area high schools.

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20-21 Reenrollment Letters Emailed to Current K-7th Grade Families

Priority Application Deadline for New Students